Artist	Song
Carleen and The Groovers	Can We Rap
from The Funky 16 Corners (2001)
Leon Mitchison	Street Scene (Female Vocal Version)
from Now Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1 (2007)
AMNESTY	Trouble Will Remain (Truth & Soul Remix)
from Now Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1 (2007)
Cymande	Genevieve
from Renegades of Funk (2004)
Guilty Simpson	Before I Die
from Now Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1 (2007)
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	Spreadin' Honey
from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (2006)
Dr. John	(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (2006)
The Whitefield Brothers	Serengeti Bonus Beat
from Soul Fire: The Majestic Collection (2005)
The Meters	Cissy Strut
from The Meters (2005)
Fat Larry's Band	Lookin' for Love
from Fat Larry's Band: Greatest Hits (2006)
James Brown	Licking Stick - Licking Stick, Pt. 1
from James Brown: The 50th Anniversary Collection (2003)
Tomorrow's Children	Sister Big Stuff
from Funky Kingston: Reggae Dancefloor Grooves 1968-74 (2008)
Darondo	Let My People Go
from Let My People Go (2006)
James Brown	Make It Good to Yourself
from Black Caesar (Original Soundtrack) (1992)
Kool & the Gang	Give It Up
from Funk Essentials: The Best of Kool and the Gang - 1969-1976 (1993)

Comment:

From the moment the bass pumps through the speakers with the pulse of an ex-con who sees flashing lights in the rearview, Carleen & The Groovers, led by the rarest of all funkateers — a female drummer — jump out on the good foot with “Can We Rap.” Legendary Crescent City soul man Dr. John, in comparison, lays back with the coiled-spring composure of a swamp gator as he growls his way through “(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away,” his gravelly vocal scattered over a second-line-style funk-jazz shuffle. And on “Give It Up” from their 1973 self-titled debut album, Kool & The Gang play it even cooler, with electric piano and a dry martini sax riffing against a suave, uptown-smooth rhythm track.

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